lawre doing what the requires in a very uncertain environment. >> that is not the question. when did the folks at i start planning for a law that was enacted on august of two dozen 11. did you start august 3? did you start sometime in 2012? did you start march 2? when did you start? >> most of these releases were due to the c.r. with regard to sequestration, we began to plan in earnest at the beginning of this year. >> so you waited until january of 2013? >> we waited until january of 2013. >> when did you make the decision to release the 2228 detainees? when was that decision made? >> the discussions on that have been ongoing since the beginning of this year. >> let me cut in here. i only have five minutes. when did you decide you would release the 629 who were criminals? >> february 9. >> is that the same time he made the decision to release the 10 level 1 felons? >> the eight level one felons were part of that overall decision. >> do you think maybe if you would have started planning sometime before this year, you had 20 months to get ready for it, do you think maybe we w